U.S. women announce roster for Livestrong Sporting Park friendly

When the U.S. Women's national team comes to Livestrong Sporting Park next month, they'll do so with the 21 players on this summer's World Cup roster. So, get ready to see Hope Solo, Abby Wambach, Heather O'Reilly, Megan Rapino and Alex Morgan live and in person.

When the U.S. Women's national team comes to Livestrong Sporting Park next month, they'll do so with the 21 players on this summer's World Cup roster. So, get ready to see Hope Solo, Abby Wambach, Heather O'Reilly, Megan Rapino and Alex Morgan live and in person.

It will be the U.S. team's first match since world Cup ended.

The women will play Canada in the "WNT Celebration Series" with the first game at Sporting Kansas City's new state-of-the-art stadium. Kickoff is 6 p.m. and the match will be shown on Fox Soccer. (Tickets are $22 and on sale through ussoccer.com, Ticketmaster outlets and SportingKC.com.)

The second game in the series will be Sept. 22 at JELD-WEN Field in Portland.